Oaks and Landforms
Raster map of suitable landforms
The map below depicts areas where suitable landforms coincide with areas mapped as having oak-containing ecosystems (see methods below for lists of oak-containing ecosystems and selected landforms). The landforms data comes from the Center for Resilient Science. The basic idea is that the warmer and drier landforms might give oaks a competitive advantage over more mesophytic tree species.
When looking at the data across the region, patterns can be hard to detect. The zoomed in map below of Juneau county, WI illustrates more heterogeneity.
Percentage of oak-containing ecosystems on suitable landforms by HUC 12 watershed
The map below depicts the percentage of each watershed that was mapped as having oak-containing EVTs as of 2023 that occur on suitable landforms.